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It may be observed in general...

It may be observed in general that the future is purchased by the present. It is not possible to secure distant or permanent happiness but by the forbearance of some immediate gratification.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

Most minds are the slaves of ...

Most minds are the slaves of external circumstances, and conform to any hand that undertakes to mould them.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

Virtue is too often merely lo...

Virtue is too often merely local.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

Consider what importance to s...

Consider what importance to society the chastity of women is. Upon that all the property in the world depends. We hang a thief for stealing a sheep; but the unchastity of a woman transfers sheep and farm and all from the right owner.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

A fishing rod is a stick with...

A fishing rod is a stick with a hook at one end and a fool at the other.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

The mental disease of the pre...

The mental disease of the present generation is impatience of study, contempt of the great masters of ancient wisdom, and a disposition to rely wholly upon unassisted genius and natural sagacity.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

Sir, sorrow is inherent in hu...

Sir, sorrow is inherent in humanity. As you cannot judge two and two to be either five, or three, but certainly four, so, when comparing a worse present state with a better which is past, you cannot but feel sorrow. It is not cured by reason, but by the incursion of present objects, which bear out the past.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

I would not give half a guine...

I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government rather than another. It is of no moment to the happiness of an individual.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

A man who exposes himself whe...

A man who exposes himself when he is intoxicated, has not the art of getting drunk.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

Curiosity is one of the perma...

Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect. Every advance into knowledge opens new prospects, and produces new incitements to farther progress.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

Read over your compositions a...

Read over your compositions and whenever you meet with a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

A voyage to the moon, however...

A voyage to the moon, however romantick and absurd the scheme may now appear, since the properties of air have been better understood, seemed highly probable to many of the aspiring wits in the last century

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

To have the management of the...

To have the management of the mind is a great art, and it may be attained in a considerable degree by experience and habitual exercise... Let him take a course of chemistry, or a course of rope-dance, or a course of any thing to which he is inclined at the time. Let him contrive to have as many retreats for his mind as he can, as many things to which it can fly from itself.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

A writer only begins a book. ...

A writer only begins a book. A reader finishes it.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

Of riches it is not necessary...

Of riches it is not necessary to write the praise. Let it, however, be remembered that he who has money to spare has it always in his power to benefit others, and of such power a good man must always be desirous.

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Bashfulness may sometimes exc...

Bashfulness may sometimes exclude pleasure, but seldom opens any avenue to sorrow or remorse.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

Of the blessings set before y...

Of the blessings set before you make your choice, and be content. No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with the flowers of the spring: no man can, at the same time, fill his cup from the source and from the mouth of the Nile.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

To be free it is not enough t...

To be free it is not enough to beat the system, one must beat the system every day

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It is unpleasing to represent...

It is unpleasing to represent our affairs to our own disadvantage; yet it is necessary to shew the evils which we desire to be removed.

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Cruel with guilt, and daring ...

Cruel with guilt, and daring with despair, the midnight murderer bursts the faithless bar; invades the sacred hour of silent rest and leaves, unseen, a dagger in your breast.

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Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

Десять кинозвезд, которые отлично поют

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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....